Strategic intelligence: strengthening the fight against transnational crimes

Abstract

Organized crime has developed a great deal in recent decades, crossing the barriers between states, countries and continents, as well as diversifying the activities of its illicit businesses. Faced with the global reality of the expansion of organized crime, in 2000 the UN promoted a convention to establish standards for combating transnational crimes, which became known as the Palermo Convention. The need to combat transnational crimes more effectively has led to a demand for more diligent, pragmatic and analytical information, and strategic intelligence is therefore an instrument that helps to combat these crimes.